August 8, 1925: Town on look out for mysterious individual who entertains himself by approaching “flappers” and severing their pigtails with a razor The town of Reggio Emilia, in Italy, […]
bobbed history
Monsieur Antoine was 17 when he arrived in the French capital, but within a decade he was the talk of the town. Around 1910, 40-year-old French star Ève Lavallière was cast […]
’Mary (Thurman) Got Her Hair Wet!’ by Adela Rogers St Johns in Photoplay Magazine, July 1921 photographs by Alfred Cheney Johnston drawing by Ralph Barton
The Bob Evolution
the thick fringe and lack of parting earned this bob hairstyle the unflattering name of The Coconut Bob. Sometimes the severity of the style was softened with cheek curls or a hint […]
I Bobbed My Hair and Then— by Irene Castle Treman There has been so much controversy over the bobbed-hair craze that I feel I ought to put some of the […]